(FRENCH JUDAICA)

AUCTION 32 | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 105

(FRENCH JUDAICA)

Recueil sur la question de savoir: Si un Juif marié dans sa religion, peut se remarier après son baptême, lorsque sa femme Juive refuse de le suivre & d’habiter avec lui. [“Collection of legal opinions regarding the question: If a Jew is married in his religion, may he remarry after his baptism, when his Jewish wife refuses to follow him and live with him.”] Vol. I: pp. (2), 8, 275. Vol. II: pp. (2), 444, (3). Largely unopened. Light stains. Contemporary wrappers. 8vo cf Szajkowski 516 (first edition, 1759, only)

Amsterdam [Paris?]: Cellot 1761

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

Barakh Levi of Haguenau (Alsace region), a converted Jew, subsequently known as Joseph-Jean-Francois Elie Levi, wished to marry a Christian woman while his Jewish wife (Mandel Cerf) yet lived. - The case was analyzed in great depth by several experts in French jurisprudence.